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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT & POLLUTION PREVENTION BULLETIN INTRODUCTION International markets are becoming increasingly competitive. Current economical, marketing and environ-mental requirements dictate that any production process implemented by your company be more...

EVALUATION OF CERTAIN JUDGED PRACTICES Thanks to all participants and panels in charge of the evaluation. Special thanks to the convenors in the various districts for their contribution to the success of the competition. INTRODUCTION Altogether 53 entries were...

Coniella diplodiella (Speg.) Petr. & Syd., the causal organism of white rot of vine is presently regarded as an organism of quarantine importance to South Africa on all grapevine propagating material as well as fresh fruit imported to South Africa. Not much is...

(The report was compiled by the convenor of the multidisciplinary team, Dr E F Beukman, with the aid of notes made by Mrs R Carstens during the workshop) Winetech assembled a multidisciplinary team of 19 scientists to investigate the problem and distribution of...

BACKGROUND About forty years ago the world markets were flooded with cheap poor quality products. “Made in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan” and so forth, were synonymous with these products. The defensive reaction from the industrialised first world countries was...

Wine production in South Africa has increased over the past decade and this growth increases pressure on natural resources such as water, soil and vegetation. National legislation and foreign markets require the responsible management of potential environmental...

Several South African wine cellars have already indicated the desire to develop and implement the international environmental management system (ISO 14001) for marketing purposes, as well as to remain competitive on foreign markets. So far New Zealand is the only...